About the position
Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation, Wayfair makes it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 15 million items across home furnishings, decor, home improvement, housewares, and more. Suppliers are crucial partners in enabling Wayfair's mission. Within Global Supplier Technology (GST), the Supplier Advertising team owns the strategy, design, engineering, go to market, and analytics of Wayfair's Advertising offerings, a key part of Wayfair's growth trajectory. As a Senior Product Manager on our Supplier Advertising team, you will own the discovery, definition, and launch of new Display Advertising offerings on this highly visible team, balancing the needs of our suppliers, customers shopping our site, and the marketplace overall. You will partner with user experience design, machine learning, business, and engineering stakeholders across our Supplier and Shopper experiences. You will work closely with leadership to identify, sequence, build, and bring to market high ROI Display Advertising Enablers, such as Audience Targeting, new Ad formats leveraging GenAI, Ad Ranking enhancements, among other options.
Responsibilities
- Leverage a deep understanding of our customers, business strategy, and KPIs to define and drive the vision for advertising offerings and capabilities used by Wayfair suppliers.
- Use a combination of user experience and data science to optimize our product portfolio to improve supplier outcomes and maximize value to the Wayfair business.
- Own roadmap planning and manage execution with dedicated Engineering, Machine Learning Science, Experience Design, and Analytics teams.
- Evolve our strategy as we learn and adjust our business goals, and work cross-functionally to continually improve velocity of insights and experimentation.
- Define product requirements in collaboration with cross-functional teams across departments, including ad footprint, supplier experience, and ad serving.
- Partner with the engineering team to drive timely and smooth execution through sprint rituals like grooming, planning and retrospective.
- Influence the evolution of Wayfair's strategy for advertising offerings.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in product management.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical field.
- Experience with advertising is preferred.
- Experience leading technical products and cross-functional / cross-org initiatives with deep understanding of business strategy.
- Track record of launching new products (0-1) and/or scaling existing products (1-100).
- Excellent quantitative skills with demonstrated experience turning data into actionable insights and requirements.
- Ability to keep up in highly technical conversations to make key decisions and effectively communicate tradeoffs with engineers and data scientists.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to think and act both tactically and strategically.
- Ability to work with and influence senior leaders (Director+) across various functional areas.
Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
- Life Insurance
- Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability)
- Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
- Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
- Caregiver Services
- 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
- Tax Advantaged Accounts
- Family Planning Support
- Parental Leave
- Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
- Rewards & Recognition
- Global Employee Anniversary Awards
- Paid Volunteer Work
- Employee Discount
- U.S. Bluebikes Membership
- Global Pod Outings
- Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments
